Key Figures
This Czar ruled Russia until his abdication in 1917.
Czar Nicholas II
This term refers to a government that seeks to control all aspects of public and private life.
Totalitarianism
This event marked the end of the Romanov dynasty in Russia.
The Russian Revolution of 1917
This ideology advocates for collective or governmental ownership of the means of production.
This leader of the Nationalists fought against Mao Zedong.
Chiang Kai-shek (Jiang Jieshi)
He was the leader of the Bolsheviks and played a key role in the Russian Revolution.
Vladimir Lenin
The working class, often referred to in Marxist theory.
Proletariat
The Duma was established after this event in Russia.
The Russian Revolution of 1905
The main goal of this political party in Russia was to overthrow the capitalist system.
The Bolsheviks
The US supported this group during China’s Civil War.
The nationalists
This man was a mystic and advisor to the Romanov family.
Grigori Rasputin
This economic system is characterized by private ownership and free markets.
Capitalism
This war took place in China during the 1930s between the Nationalists and Communists.
The Chinese Civil War
This economic system is based on the idea of free enterprise and competition.
Capitalism
The leader of the Communist Party in China who fought against the Nationalists.
Mao Zedong
This term describes the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically.
Indoctrination
This term refers to the temporary government that ruled Russia after the abdication of Czar Nicolas II.
The Duma
The aristocracy aimed to maintain this type of government in Russia.
Mao Zedong’s Communist forces aimed to establish this type of government in China.
Communist
This dictator succeeded Lenin and transformed the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state.
Joseph Stalin
A political party that advocates for the establishment of a classless society.
The Bolshevik Revolution occurred in this year.
1917
This term refers to the working class rising against the ruling class in a revolution.
Proletarian
This term refers to the Chinese Communist Party's ultimate goal of a classless society.
Communism